Victorian Fantasy In Perfect Setting

June 2, 1986|By Davin Light of the Sentinel Staff

The Thousand Plus committee of the Central Florida Chapter of the American Cancer Society is hosting a Victorian Fantasy Saturday. The fund- raiser takes its theme from its location -- the Norment-Parry Inn, a new bed and breakfast establishment that will celebrate its grand opening at the event.

The Norment-Parry Inn, 211 N. Lucerne Circle East, is the oldest documented house in Orlando. The house was built about 1885 by Richard B. Norment, a Baltimore judge. The 14-room house, on the north shore of Lake Lucerne, has been restored and furnished with Victorian antiques by owner Charles Meiner.

A buffet of fresh vegetables and dips, fried chicken, petite meat-stuffed croissants, baked crab meat, potato fritters, an assortment of cheeses, French pastries and an open bar is included in the fund-raiser's $35-per-person price. Musical entertainment also will be provided during the event, which begins at 6 p.m.

For reservations or more information, contact the Cancer Society at (305) 843-8680.

Central Florida artist Walter Neals and photographer Robert Wiley are making downtown Winter Park a little more attractive.

The Winter Park Beautification Committee recently selected Neals' design for a new logo to be used to redecorate the information kiosks on Park Avenue and to be silkscreened onto T-shirts, aprons and mugs, which will be sold to fund future projects.

The green and black logo -- of a park bench and a tree -- are being applied to the Parisian-style information booths located at the north end of Park Avenue and near the train station. The kiosks, which will also be decorated with a montage of posters of past cultural events collected by Winter Park Mayor Hope Strong's wife, Peggy, publicize the meetings and special events of a variety of local cultural organizations.

The project is expected to be completed by mid-June.

Cajun is, of course, the hottest food fad from coast to coast. And Orlando isn't without its own hot dining establishment frequented by national and local celebrities.

Royal Orleans -- whose name was incorrectly reported in Glitter last week -- had two distinguished guests this week. L. Gordon Cooper and Alan Shepard Jr., two of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, dined with Orlando businessman Henri Landwirth. The restaurant is in the Mercado center, off International Drive.

Table favors at big-ticket fund-raisers are virtually a requirement. People seem to feel that after spending $250 or so for an evening, they should be able to take something home with them. Well, patrons of the recent American Cancer Society Trotter's Ball took home table favors that truly commemorate the evening.

The 17-square-inch beige silk scarves announced, in green ink, that the scarf honored ''The seventh annual Trotter's Ball'' and included the date, the entire menu for the evening, the logo of the host hotel (Marriott's Orlando World Center), the names of entertainers Jane Powell and the Gene Donati Orchestra and, finally, the names of the chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Martin.

Scarves may be in fashion, but it's doubtful that the menu idea will catch on with Hermes.